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[-] birdwing 38 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

For all redditors and elsewhere who have come to PieFed or Lemmy, welcome! Don't forget to contribute to the devs every now and then.

Lemmy/PieFed works like if you had multiple reddits ("instances") talking to each other, and also to other non-reddits that are linked, like Friendica, Mastodon (this is "federation").

What Instance to Pick?

If you wanna find a good instance, my recommendation is: don't go for the biggest one. Pick a mid-sized or smaller one, or find one yourself. This is a great guide on Github giving some pointers, including a "idc, just give me some instances" at the top.

If you still wanna pick yourself but there's a bit too much, I recommend going for the instances with 20-1000 people. The smallest are either self-hosted or probably just friends/classrooms, and if it's too big, might get issues with hosting costs.

Apps
For Lemmy interfaces/apps, see here. I personally like Voyager, Mlem, and Thunder, but a lot of them are great. There's even an old reddit-like look if you want. Here's a list for the PieFed ones.

Pro-tip: Block Some Stuff
Don't be scared! Unlike with Reddit, the block options are a bit better. The following is a list of keywords I've put up to block. It's pretty useful so far.

List of keywords

Trump
Kirk
ICE
Elon
Musk
rapist
Republican
pedophile
GOP
Israel
Hamas

Block Sites

These will block the ones that pop up as links. I'm not going to directly link them, but either way here you go.

Fox News
Breitbart
Sputnik
Russian Today
Twitter
Facebook
Instagram
Threads

[-] Blaze@piefed.zip 6 points 4 days ago

Very nice comment

this post was submitted on 08 Dec 2025

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